Jean-François Bouchard, an economist by profession, has addressed an extraordinary destiny, that of Hjalmar Schacht, the providential man of the economic crisis of the 30s and ambitious Integrates it will approach until Adolf Hitler burning the wings and precipitate his fall. Even Göring, he thought his friend will turn him back. Arrested and deported to Ravensbrück out alive he will be tried at Nuremberg and acquitted. The story could end there, but when he gets out of prison, 74 years old, he will, like the phoenix, rise from the ashes and start a new consulting career. Although written and well documented, a book for anyone interested in history.